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Madera Circle - This Street is located in the Westgate area in Nashua, where most of the streets are named for random cities which are located in Western region on the United States.

Madison Avenue - James Madison, 4th president, Democratic-Republican, was born on Mar. 16, 1751, in Port Conway, King George Co., VA, the son of James and Eleanor Rose Conway Madison. Madison graduated from Princeton in 1771. He served in the Virginia Constitutional Convention (1776), and, in 1780, became a delegate to the Second Continental Congress. He was chief recorder at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and supported ratification in the Federalist Papers, written with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. In 1789, Madison was elected to the House of Representatives, where he helped frame the Bill of Rights and fought against passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts. In the 1790s, he helped found the Democratic-Republican Party, which ultimately became the Democratic Party. He became Jefferson’s secretary of state in 1801. Madison was elected president in 1808. His first term was marked by tensions with Great Britain, and his conduct of foreign policy was criticized by the Federalists and by his own party. Nevertheless, he was reelected in 1812, the year war was declared on Great Britain. The war that many considered a second American Revolution ended with a treaty that settled none of the issues. Madison’s most important action after the war was demilitarizing the U.S.-Canadian border. In 1817, Madison retired to his estate, Montpelier, where he served as an elder statesman, "the last of the fathers." He edited his famous papers on the Constitutional Convention and helped found the University of Virginia, of which he became rector in 1826. He died June 28, 1836.

Mahogany Drive - This is a type of tropical American evergreen tree, which is often valued for their hard, reddish-brown wood. Mahogany wood is heavy, strong, and easily worked and resists rot and termites. It is used in cabinetry and veneers and formerly, before all the large trees was cut, in construction. Other genera in the family besides the true mahoganies also yield useful wood, oils, insecticides, and edible fruits. The chinaberry tree, Melia azedarach, native to the Himalayas, is widely planted in the southern U.S. as an ornamental.
Main Dunstable Road - This road was named after Dunstable which used to encompass the area in which Nashua is located. This road was named because or it’s heavy traffic and it’s central nature. On October 26, 1673, a 200 square mile rectangle called 'Dunstable Massachusetts Bay Colony' was chartered into a Massachusetts Bay colony township. The name Dunstable derived from a town in England.

Main Street - Main Street was named because it was originally the “main” street through Nashua. Many of the local businesses began on Main Street and City Hall was later built on it.

Major Drive - This Street may be named for the military rank of major which is one of someone that is above captain and below lieutenant colonel.

Manatee Street - This Street is named after the aquatic sea cow, which is an ocean dwelling mammal. Manatees are found on both sides of the tropical Atlantic Ocean. They are sluggish, largely nocturnal bottom feeders and consume up to 100 lb of vegetation daily. They must surface for air every 15 or 20 minutes. They are usually 7 to 12 feet long and weigh about 500 lb, although males sometimes grow much larger. Their paddle-like tail fin is nearly circular. Both parents care for the young, one holding it while the other dives for food.

Manchester Street - This road was named because it was a common access road to the city of Manchester, New Hampshire. The city of Manchester was named after Manchester, England. It is not unlike many other cities and even the state’s named, which was named for the region of Hampshire England.

Manilla Street - This road was named for bay that bears its name in the Philippians. Manila Bay is nearly landlocked inlet of the South China Sea, the Philippines. About 35 miles wide at its broadest point and 30 miles long, it is the best natural harbor in East Asia and one of the finest in the world. The city of Manila is on the eastern shore of the bay, and on the southeast is the city of Cavite, and a historic naval base. The entrance to Manila Bay) is divided by the island of Corregidor into two channels; the northern channel, between Corregidor and Bataan peninsula, is only 2 miles wide. During the Spanish-American War, in the battle of Manila Bay (May 1, 1898), an American squadron under Commodore George Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet off Cavite within a few hours. The Manila Bay area was the focus, during the early phase of World War II, of a desperate attempt to save the Philippines from Japanese conquest. In the Allied recovery of the Philippines, many Japanese ships were sunk in the bay. The large U.S. naval base on Sangley Point was closed down in the early 1980s.

Maple Street - This Street is named for the numerous deciduous trees common to this area which grows in the North Temperate Zone. This tree is one whose leaves are shed during the foliage season. In addition, maple wood is popular because of its hard, close-grained wood structure. This type of wood is used primarily for furniture and flooring.

Mapleleaf Drive -Mr. Roger Duhamel named Mapleleaf Drive because of his love for the Maple tree. This is one method commonly know as the “developer’s choice” method for naming streets. The Maple tree’s leaves are green during their natural growing season, but during the fall, they change to other hues, such as reds, oranges, and yellow. The scenic views of Nashua during the foliage season have made it popular among tourists.

March Street - March Street, located near April and June, is named for the month of March. It is the third month of the Gregorian year, according to the present calendar. March was the first month of the Roman year, named for Mars, the god of war. In England, until the Gregorian calendar was adopted in 1752, March was considered the first month with the legal year beginning on March 25

Marina Drive - This road is located near the Nashua River and the developer chose the name because of its view of the river.
Mark Street - This Street is located near Gary and Keith streets and seems to have no historic value; it was simply named after a common first name.

Marlowe Street - Marlowe, Christopher 1564-93, English dramatist and poet, b. Canterbury. Probably the greatest English dramatist before Shakespeare, Marlowe was educated at Cambridge and he went to London in 1587, where he became an actor and dramatist for the Lord Admiral's Company. His most important plays are the two parts of Tamburlaine the Great (c.1587), Dr. Faustus (c.1588), The Jew of Malta (c.1589), and Edward II (c.1592). Marlowe's dramas have heroic themes, usually centering on a great personality who is destroyed by his own passion and ambition. Although filled with violence, brutality, passion, and bloodshed, Marlowe's plays are never merely sensational. The poetic beauty and dignity of his language raise them to the level of high art. Most authorities detect influences of his work in the Shakespeare canon, notably in Titus Andronicus and King Henry VI. Of his non-dramatic pieces, the best-known are the long poem Hero and Leander (1598), which was finished by George Chapman and the beautiful lyric that begins "Come live with me and be my love." In 1593, Marlowe was stabbed in a barroom brawl by a drinking companion. Although a coroner's jury certified that the assailant acted in self-defense, the murder may have resulted from a definite plot, due, as some scholars believe, to Marlowe's activities as a government agent.
Marquis Avenue - This Street is named for the noblemen’s ranking that bears the same name. The rank of marquis is one of someone below a duke and above an earl or a count.
Marshall Street - This Street may be named after Willard Marshall who at one time owned part of the land that is now Mines Falls Park. This street could also be named for the Marshall’s Livery Stable that was located on Mellin Court off Canal Street, which in its day was a major source of local transportation. In its day the livery stable provided much the same service as a car rental service would today.

Mason Street -John Mason was English colonizer in North America, born in King’s Lynn, Norfolk. From 1615 to 1621 he was governor of an English colony at Conception Bay, Newfoundland. In 1622 he and another English colonizer, Sir Ferdinando Gorges, obtained from the Council for New England the province of Maine, which in 1629 was divided between them. At that time Mason also received another grant, extending from the Merrimack River to the Piscataqua River. To this area he gave the name New Hampshire. In 1635 Mason served as vice admiral for New England and as a judge in New Hampshire.

Massachusetts Drive - Massachusetts Drive was named for the state, which is located near other state streets. It is officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, one of the New England states of the U.S., bordered on the N by Vermont and New Hampshire, on the E by the Atlantic Ocean and several of its arms (such as the Gulf of Maine, Massachusetts Bay, Boston Bay, and Cape Cod Bay), on the SE by the Atlantic Ocean and a number of its arms (such as Nantucket Sound and Buzzards Bay), on the S by Rhode Island and Connecticut, and on the W by New York. Massachusetts entered the Union on February 6, 1788, as the sixth of the 13 original states. It early became an important intellectual center, known for Harvard University and the cultural institutions of Boston. In the 19th century, it developed into a major manufacturing state, noted for textiles and footwear; in the mid-20th century, electronic components and other high-technology items became leading manufactures. Massachusetts is famous for its summer resorts, such as the sand beaches of Cape Cod. Presidents John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and John F. Kennedy were born in the state and President Calvin Coolidge spent most of his life here. The name of the state is probably derived from an Algonquian Indian village and may mean "place of big hills." Massachusetts is called the Bay State.

Massasoit Road - This was name after the Wampanoag Indians whom were native to this region of New England. More specifically this street was name after their leader who lived from 1580 to 1661. Massasoit (măs´´soi´ĭt, măs´soit´´) was chief of the Wampanoag, he was also known as Ousamequin (spelled in various ways). One of the most powerful native rulers of New England, he went to Plymouth in 1621 and signed a treaty with the Pilgrims, which he faithfully observed until his death. He befriended Roger Williams and was a friend of Edward Winslow. In 1632 he fought his enemy, Canonicus, ruler of the Narragansett. Massasoit's son, Metacomet, became famous as King Philip (see King Philip's War).

Maurice Street - This Street is named for Maurice Delude who’s family lived in Nashua and when these few particular streets here developed, the area surrounding and encompassing this street. The family name and several others in immediate family are names of streets in the surrounding area.

Mayfair Lane - Located near Nashua River, Mayfair Lane was named for festivals that they held in Nashua years ago.

May Street - May Street is located near March, April and June streets, so its name comes from the month of the year. It is the fifth month of the year, containing 31 days. It was the third month of the old Roman calendar. Since ancient times May 1 has been the occasion for various celebrations. In the U.S., May Day, Memorial Day, and Mother’s Day are celebrated in May. In the northern hemisphere, May is the last month of the season of spring.
McKean Street - This Street was named for Frank McKean, one of Nashua quite popular and personable mayors. Oddly enough, Mr. McKean after serving as mayor on Nashua later disappeared and was pursued by the legal authorities when it was discovered that he had, in fact embezzled $90,000 from the bank at which he was employed. This and the news that was to come shortly after shocked all that knew him as he had apparently been supporting a second household in Boston for many years. McKean later surfaced in South America were he died only a few years later.
Meade Street - General Meade was a Union general in the Civil War. He joined the Union forces at the outbreak of the American Civil War, participating in the defense of Washington, D.C., in 1861. As a major general of volunteers he fought at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 and shortly thereafter was appointed commander of the Army of the Potomac. In July 1863, in the battle that is considered the turning point of the war, he defeated the Confederate forces at Gettysburg, Pa. He continued as commander of the Army of the Potomac, working closely with Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, until the end of the war. Promoted to major general in the regular army in 1864, Meade commanded various military departments in the U.S. until his death.

Meadow Lane - This Street was named if not too imaginatively for the meadows and field that seems to be very prevalent in its area. The road it’s once bordered on a large meadow which is the reason for its name.

Meadowbrook Drive - Was named for the many streams and brooks the abut some of the meadows in field of the most rural Nashua. One in particular is not far from this street near one of the local park which most is how this road got its name.
Meadowview Circle - This Street was named after the condominium complex those names it bears.
Mechanic Street - Mechanic Street is located in the region of Nashua associated with the Nashua Mills because of its close proximity. This street is named for mechanics who served in the mills. Their skills helped ensure the success of such companies as Jackson Co. and Nashua Manufacturing Company because of their work with various types of machinery.
Melrose Street - Melrose is a city in Massachusetts. The city is in Middlesex Co., NE Massachusetts, a residential community near Boston; settled 1633, inc. as a city 1900. Electronic equipment is manufactured in the city. Melrose is named for Melrose, Scotland.

Mercury Lane - Mercury, in the solar system is the planet closest to the sun. Its mean distance from the sun is approximately 58 million km (about 36 million mi); its diameter is 4875 km (3030 mi); its volume and mass are about 1/18 that of the earth; and its mean density is approximately equal to that of the earth. Mercury revolves about the sun in a period of 88 days. Radar observations of the planet show that its period of rotation is 58.7 days, or two-thirds of its period of revolution. The planet, therefore, rotates one and a half times during each revolution. Because its surface consists of rough, porous, dark-colored rock, Mercury is a poor reflector of sunlight.

Meredith Drive - Named after Meredith New Hampshire which is a town in the northern part of the state. It is located on the coastline of the famed Lake Winnipesaukee famous for it’s crystal clear waters and beautiful mountain scenery. The town prides it’s on it Meredith's quaint Main Street which features traditional white clapboard buildings with a unique variety of distinctive shops, boutiques, galleries and restaurants overlooking the lake. In for generations, Meredith has greeted visitors with its unsurpassed beauty and a tradition of sincere New England hospitality.
Merrill Street - This was the name of an early settler in this area who settled a tract of land as early as 1710. On November 30th, 1737 a Congregational church was formed in this area and on that very day a Rev. Nathan Merrill was ordained as it’s pastor a position he held until his death in 1796. In 1805 a Baptist church was organized over which Rev. Daniel Merrill officiated over for a number of years. Also E. T. Merrill served as a representative of Nashville in 1844.
Metropolitan Avenue - This Street refers to the term Metropolitan, which means of, relating to, or characteristic of a major city. This street was most likely named for the part of town in which it is located.
Miami Street - The Miami area was long inhabited by Indians. The first permanent non-Indian settlement was established in the 1870s near the site of U.S. Fort Dallas, which had been built (1835) during the Seminole Wars. Expansion began after the railroad magnate Henry M. Flagler (1830-1913) extended a railroad to the site in 1896 and promoted the city as a resort area. The Florida land boom of the mid-1920s led to rapid development, and during World War II several federal administrative and military agencies were established here. Large numbers of refugees from Cuba and other persons of Hispanic background settled in Miami beginning in the 1960s. Occasional hurricanes, notably in 1926, 1935, and 1992, caused considerable damage to the city and surrounding area. The name of the city may have been derived from a Tequesta Indian term for "big water," perhaps referring to Lake Okeechobee.

Middle Dunstable Road - This road was named after Dunstable which used to encompass the area in which Nashua is located. On October 26, 1673, a 200 square mile rectangle called 'Dunstable Massachusetts Bay Colony' was chartered into a Massachusetts Bay colony township. The name Dunstable derived from a town in England.
Milford Street - This Street was named for the town close to Nashua, which bares the name of the street, Milford. The town itself is named after the Souhegan River’s shallow Mill Ford, so called after the many mills at this location in the eighteenth century.

Mill Pond Drive - These two streets were named for the mills in Nashua. The mill company provided a major source of revenue for the city, and was one of the original centers of Industry in the nation.

Mill Street - These two streets were named for the mills in Nashua. The mill company provided a major source of revenue for the city, and was one of the original centers of Industry in the nation.
Milton Street - Milton is a city in Massachusetts which is the site of Curry College (1879); Blue Hill Observatory (1885); Milton Academy (1807), a preparatory school; and the Museum of the American China Trade. Settled in 1636 as part of Dorchester and separated from it in 1662, Milton developed as a mill town and industrial center. Manufacturing declined in the 19th century and the large estates here broke up in the 1930s.

Mohawk Drive - Mohawk Drive is part of the Indian tribe section of town. The Mohawk tribe lived in Nashua prior to English Colonization during the 1700’s. They are known as a Native American people formerly inhabiting northeast New York along the Mohawk and upper Hudson valleys north to the Street Lawrence River, with present-day populations chiefly in southern Ontario and extreme northern New York. The Mohawk were the easternmost member of the Iroquois confederacy.

Mohegan Drive - Mohegan Drive was named after the Mohegan Indians who lived on the Hudson River Valley in New York in the 1500s. After the settlers colonized the area and wiped out much of the tribe, they were put on a small reservation and later given rights to run casinos. These native North Americans spoke a language that belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock. Also called the Mohican, they were the eastern branch of the Mahican. In the early 17th cent. the Mohegan occupied most of SE Connecticut, their chief village being on the site of the present village of Mohegan on the Thames River. When European settlers arrived in this region, the Mohegan and the Pequot were one tribe, living under the rule of Sassacus. Later Uncas, a subordinate chief, rebelled against Sassacus and assumed the leadership of a small group on the Thames River near Norwich. This group was known as the Mohegan. After the fall of Sassacus the greater part of the Pequot joined the Mohegan, who in 1643 numbered some 2,300. The Mohegan, supported by the British, became one of the most powerful tribes in S New England. As white settlements were extended, the Mohegan sold most of their land and accepted a reservation on the Thames; others joined with neighboring tribes. By the early 19th cent. the Mohegans were practically extinct, although they became known to the world with the publication in 1826 of James Fenimore Cooper's novel The Last of the Mohicans. In 1990 there were about 1,000 Mohegan in the United States; they gained federal recognition as a tribe in 1994. In 1996 the tribe opened a casino and resort on its reservation in Montville, Ct.

Monadnock Street - Monadock Mountain and the Monadnock Mill Company were both important to the history of New Hampshire. Mondanock Mill Company was founded in New Hampshire in 1831 and the company has adapted to society, even throughout the Great Depression and is still in business.

Monias Drive - This street has its history entwined in two possible sources. Charles Monia, who is an important politician for towns surrounding Nashua, may have been prominent at the time of the street’s naming. Also, an Italian family that moved into the area might have been the reason it was named Monias.

Monica Street - Monica Street was named after Saint Monica, born of Christian parents at Tagaste, North Africa, in 333. She died at Ostia, near Rome, in 387 and became a saint because of her acts of loyalty to God during times of suffering.

Monroe Street/Drive - Monroe Street was named for President Monroe, elected in 1816 and 1820. The street was named shortly after his term in office. He earned respect throughout many of the states during his presidency. As a youthful politician, he joined the anti-Federalists in the Virginia Convention, which ratified the Constitution, and in 1790, he was elected United States Senator. He was the Minister to France from 1794-1796 and displayed strong sympathies for the French cause. Later, he helped negotiate the Louisiana Purchase with Robert R. Livingston. His ambition and energy, together with the backing of President Madison, made him the Republican choice for the Presidency in 1816. With little Federalist opposition, he easily won re-election in 1820. Monroe made unusually strong Cabinet choices, naming a Southerner, John C. Calhoun, as Secretary of War, and a northerner, John Quincy Adams, as Secretary of State. Only Henry Clay's refusal kept Monroe from adding an outstanding Westerner. Early in his administration, Monroe undertook a goodwill tour. At Boston, his visit was hailed as the beginning of an "Era of Good Feelings." Unfortunately these "good feelings" did not endure, although Monroe, his popularity undiminished, followed nationalist policies. Across the facade of nationalism, ugly sectional cracks appeared. A painful economic depression undoubtedly increased the dismay of the people of the Missouri Territory in 1819 when their application for admission to the Union as a slave state failed. An amended bill for gradually eliminating slavery in Missouri precipitated two years of bitter debate in Congress. The Missouri Compromise bill resolved the struggle, pairing Missouri as a slave state with Maine, a free state, and barring slavery north and west of Missouri forever. In foreign affairs Monroe proclaimed the fundamental policy that bears his name, responding to the threat that the more conservative governments in Europe might try to aid Spain in winning back her former Latin American colonies. Monroe did not begin formally to recognize the young sister republics until 1822, after ascertaining that Congress would vote appropriations for diplomatic missions. He and Secretary of State John Quincy Adams wished to avoid trouble with Spain until it had ceded the Floridas, as was done in 1821. Great Britain, with its powerful navy, also opposed reconquest of Latin America and suggested that the United States join in proclaiming "hands off." Ex-Presidents Jefferson and Madison counseled Monroe to accept the offer, but Secretary Adams advised, "It would be more candid ... to avow our principles explicitly to Russia and France, than to come in as a cock-boat in the wake of the British man-of-war." Monroe accepted Adams's advice. Not only must Latin America be left alone, he warned, but also Russia must not encroach southward on the Pacific coast. ". . . the American continents," he stated, "by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European Power." Some 20 years after Monroe died in 1831, this became known as the Monroe Doctrine.

Monterey Avenue - A monastery in California during the Great Depression provided the inspiration for the name Monterey Avenue. Famous artists, artisans, writers, those in search of wealth and those in search of adventure were lured to the area by a quality unique to this place, as expressed in the works of John Steinbeck, Ansel Adams, Francis McComas and others.
Montgomery Avenue - Montgomery Avenue was named after Montgomery, the capital of Alabama. Designated the state capital in 1847, the city boomed as a cotton market and port on the Alabama River. From February to May 1861 it served as the first capital of the Confederate States of America. Today, its population is 200,000.
Monza Road - Monza Road was named after Monza, Italy, which was a minor Roman settlement in which thirty-two sieges were placed upon the settlement. The settlement withstood all the attacks. The city (1991 pop. 120,651), is located in Lombardy, N Italy. Manufactures of this highly diversified industrial center include felt hats, carpets, textiles, glass, plastics, and machinery. The history of Monza is closely related to that of Milan. The cathedral, founded (6th cent.) by the Lombard queen Theodolinda, contains the iron crown of Lombardy, which was made, according to tradition, from a nail of Christ's cross and which was used to crown Charlemagne, Charles V, Napoleon I, and other emperors as kings of Lombardy or of Italy. An expiatory chapel was built (1910) at the place where King Humbert I was assassinated in 1900. Monza has the Autodromo, a major automobile racetrack (rebuilt 1955).

Morgan Street - Morgan Street was named for Henry Dennis Morgan, a Civil war hero from Nashua, NH. After the war, his courageousness gained him prestige in the community.
Morrill Street - Morrill Street was named after Anne Morrill and her family. During the 1870’s, the era of the Civil War, her husband served as mayor of Nashua.

Morse Avenue - One of the first residents of New Dunstable, John Morse, built his house on the street that would later become known as Morse Avenue.

Mosele Court - Mosele Court is a family name, Mosele, but the alternate spelling, Mosely, relates to an early resident of Nashua New Hampshire. Capt. Samuel Mosely sent men to protect the people of Dunstable from Indian attacks.

Mount Pleasant Street - Mount Pleasant Street was named after the Mount Pleasant School, located on the street.
Mount Vernon Street - Mount Vernon Street was named after Mont Vernon, located in New Hampshire near Nashua, New Hampshire. Mont Vernon is a town located in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 2,034. It is not entirely clear why it is spelled differently than the many other towns in the United States named after Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington. Some say the "u" in "Mount" was accidentally dropped by a town clerk filling out official papers, and others say the change was made deliberately to distinguish the town as a tourist destination. As late as the early 1900s, there was some dispute about how to spell the name.
Mulberry Street - Mulberry Street is the common name for the Moraceae, a family of deciduous or evergreen trees and shrubs, often climbing, mostly of pantropical distribution, and characterized by milky sap. Several genera bear edible fruit, e.g., Morus, (true mulberries), Ficus (the fig genus), and Artocarpus, which includes the breadfruit and related species. The related hemp family, whose plants do not contain latex, were formerly included in this family.

Murphy Road -Maw Eleanor Murphy and her family were prominent in Dunstable. Murphy Road was named by one of the ancestors, many of whom lived in Nashua New Hampshire.

Murray Court - Murray Court was named for Orlando Dana Murray, the newspaper man who started the Oasis. He was involved with founding the Nashua Corporation and both positions earned him esteem in the community.

Musket Drive - Musket Drive was named for muskets, which revolutionized fighting style and warfare, taking away hand to hand combat and changing it to something most view as a horrid destructive and counter productive. A musket is a muzzle-loaded, smooth-bore long gun. Its user fires from the shoulder, except in the case of the rare wall guns. The date of the origin of muskets remains unknown, but they are mentioned as early as the late 14th century. Muskets became obsolete by the middle of the 19th century, as rifles superseded them. Typical musket calibers ranged from .50 to .75 inches. A soldier primarily armed with a musket had the designation of a musketman or of a musketeer. As bullets, muskets used spherical lead balls packed in a paper cartridge which also held the black powder (gunpowder) propellant. The balls, slightly smaller than the bore, came wrapped in a loosely-fitting paper patch which formed the upper part of the cartridge.

Myrtle Street - Myrtle Street was named Myrtle, whose common name is Myrtaceae, a family of shrubs and trees almost entirely of tropical regions, especially in America and Australia. The family is characterized by leaves (usually evergreen) containing aromatic volatile oils. Many have showy blossoms. Although of lesser importance in the United States, the family is of considerable economic value throughout the world for timber, gums and resins, oils, spices, and edible fruits. The true myrtle genus (Myrtus) is predominantly of the American tropics, but the classical myrtle (M. communis) is native to the Mediterranean area. It is a strongly scented bush whose glossy leaves and blue-black berries were made into wreaths for victors in the ancient Olympic games. (In America several unrelated plants are also called myrtles, e.g., the sand myrtle of the heath family, the periwinkles of the dogbane family, and several species of the bayberry family.) Among the many trees of the myrtle family yielding edible fruit, only the guava (genus Psidium), native to tropical America, is grown commercially in the United States. The most important spice plants of the family are the clove tree (Syzygium aromaticum or Eugenia caryophyllata), native to the Moluccas and the Spice Islands, and the tropical American Pimenta genus that includes the pimento or allspice (P. officinalis or dioica) and the bay rum tree (P. racemosa), source of an oil used as an ingredient of bay rum. Eucalyptus, a large genus of evergreen shrubs and trees, is a characteristic component of the flora in its native Australia, where it is the leafy haunt and sole food source of the koala, often associated with it in story. Among its many common names are ironbark, bloodwood, and gum tree (a name also applied to many unrelated trees). Numerous species, especially the Tasmanian blue gum (E. globulus), are now naturalized in the W United States and have become the distinctive vegetation of many California areas that were previously treeless. In Australia several species are among the tallest trees known, e.g., E. regnans, which reaches a height of over 300 ft (91 m). Eucalyptus trees are a valuable source of timber, of kinos (a resinous substance used in medicines and tanning), and of eucalyptol and other essential and medicinal oils. Some hardwood members of the myrtle family are among the many trees known as ironwood, e.g., Eugenia confusa, of Florida and tropical America. The myrtle family is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Myrtales.